Exploring North America and the Caribbean

Match the definition with the image.

• continental divide

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• plateaus

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• glaciers

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• plains

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Circle the following locations.

1. 1. Baja Peninsula

2. 2. Rocky Mountains

3. 3. Mississippi River

4. 4. Great Plains

5. 5. Alaskan Range

6. 6. Yucatan Peninsula

7. 7. Great Lakes

Match the correct climate zone with the image that best represents its characteristics.

• temperate

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• continental

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• arid

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• tropical

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• polar

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Know the differnce between Continental and Temperate Climate Zones.

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b

Temperate: warm/humid summers; mild wint

Continental: warm summers; cold winters

Choose on of the answers

• Yes, I know the difference and wrote down the correct answer.

• Yes, I know the difference and didn't write down the correct answer becaue I know this!

• No, I don't know the difference and I didn't write down the correct answer because I will try to guess.

The resources that the Spanish wanted in the Americas were...

• Silver and Gold

• Plantations with Cash Crop

• Furs

• Alliances

Tthe French explored the Americas because...

THINK CAREFULLY...

WHY did the French come to America... not what happened once they were in America...

• they wanted alliances with Native People

• they wanted to settle new land

• they wanted to create a new government

• they wanted the riches (furs) of the new land

Use the image to match to the definition of the vocabulary word.

• colonization

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• plantations

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• missionary

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• nomad

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• indentured servant

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Order the Climate zones from hotest to coldest

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According to the map, what is the number 1 resource in Mexico?

• Silver

• Oil

• Copper

• Lumber